Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-06
ARIZONA'S ADVANTAGES FOR
 GROWING LIVE STOCK.
No Dl.a.tro1. storms. Hard w.u CT. or

a
 Heavy Loss from Cold or Starvation.
 U. J. Gosper in the Los Angeles Kx, ress.
 In all mesa mountain country of Ari- zona, where water can be procured, live stock grows aud tRttens on the nutritious grasses. end they srs never driven from their accustomed ranges Tn search of shelter from destructive bliZzsrds prev slent in some of the uniayorsble sec tions of the cattle country. No sufTer- ing of stock or losses to the owner ever occur because of cold and winter storms. The winters are dry and warm and the summers are cool, with frequent showers
 In the high mountain ranges much snow falls during the winter months, sud m summer it melts and runs away into the springs and streams of the plains and valleys.
 The natural grazing grounds are be- low the snow level of winter, and even when the lofty mountain tops are being covered with blanket of white, cattle are moving in comfort on carpets of green ID the valleys below. So broad and bountIful WAS the hand of nature m her effort to make Arizona the nat ursl pasture of the world, that every
 
 every mountain side lasting shelter place. About a million of horned cat tie many horses Bnd mules. and a mil hon or moro of wool-produciDg beasts can be counted now by the cowboys and sheepherders n the,r annual roundups, within the brosd fields of this Arizona country and yet, .here are thousands of acres oi eycellen. grazing land unoc- cupied.
 The running streams and large springs, adjacent to the grsss-covered plains and valleys, are generally occupied aud ID many cases to their fullest capacity. In many localities the water supply is utterly inadequate to ttat of the grass while IF other localities the supply of water Is much greater than that of grass.
 By means O! artificial dams. .ssrtesisn wells, and the piping of water out on the grass covered plains. the herds of grazing snimal, nHy, and will be very greatly increased.
 The ngtursl topography of the coun- try. with q large annual rsin and snow- fall there occurring makes 1t an easy possibility 10 store winter snow and summer rain for constsDt use. By the use of tanks. wells and pipes, his very safe and profitable business enterprise will be enlarged to a most wonderful de- gree.
 "Is the business of cattle, horse and sheeo raising sGie and protiiab!e?"
 "Yee, IL is even a safer business than banking, EheD established and conduct ed with she same ususl care 8nd cau- ton prsctlced by that class of cOnserva- tive busICess men. The original money l invested with the ssme caution ID n cat tie cnterI rise k safer. because there ETe | less teL6pt8t.ors and opportunities foI | theft and fraud on the part of emplOyes and managers. An enploye or manager cannot missppropriRte the ctpi si thu | represented n cattle and land. in | banking is quite different. The cash se- curiti-s representing the business ca1 | be easily carried away. and in=sances l are numerous where this hos been doUe | In the Ijye-stack business, under the sane able and conservative manage | pent tine legitimate losses are less thGI | those experienced ID banking.
 As to prot;=, there is even Widei range of comparison,
 No high priced bank presidents and cos " cEsblers whose Salsries must b' Iccnmen surEle w'tE the style ot hvlnl witch obtains with tins class of men. No expensive, nOu-productive, hieE priced corner lot, Bnd all the ether COZ cun.itants of a banking business-Whici must be very centrally locatsd-sEd con seoaeutly high degree. AS the cattle bug.ness IS nos conducted On the opeI plaius of ArIzona, SlO0 ,OUO or any othel nmount invested ID live stock running gt large on pubhc lands, with only [ nominal amount of dead money m tho very rude BnG inexpensive cOnNeniencei uecessary ior branding the increase u the herds aud simple dwelling place for he humble cOEUUy, does not require an annual outlay to carefully care fol the eame one-hslf as large IS IS required in the banking, or any other Tell-e7tRO l,sLed and non speculative ousiness Because cf free grass snd water. and tht sim plicIty of the business. instances arc nunerous. where fifty per cent Der sn- mum hGs been made in tbis industry IT Arizona m the natural increase Of tho herds. IL IS safe 10 say that seventy five Der cent of the mstured females o 6 herd will each year produce themselves under ordinary circumstances. and ever ninety per cent increase often occurs with small and well cared for herds.
 All rauge animals are allowed to TUT At large, being rounded up once, and sometimes twice s year, for the purpose of branding the increase before they art old enough to leave thelr dams. call once carefully branded, requires no fur ther care or cost until 1t IS old enough to he shipped to the market. and then Il with others is driven to the nearest rail' road station and shipped to the proper market.
 Before closing this letter 1t IS proper Co say, however. that some parts Of An zops gre already fully stocked; and tc place additional animals on these ranges would simply be business suicide. There are uuaerons other localities where the busIneEs can be enlarged or established with safety to the original investments and with large annual profits.
 We wish to say further that the llve- stock industry of the plgIDs ID sll the great cr6zing countries, Is not to-day nearly SO profitable as 1t was severn years ago. Notwithstanding the tac' and the present biGh prices ootainaoi' for southern California real estste,in tht long capital wisely invested m cattle horses and sheep ID Arizona will pay sI annual average profit larger than th, same invested in land at ths present fabulous prices.